Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice does not endorse the draft bill due to the inclusion of numerous
unscientific claims and misrepresentations,
and condemns in the strongest of terms any associations between the organization and
the claims presented by the authors of this bill. As stated at the front page of their website,
Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice "take[s] care to present the strongest,
most credible research available..."

While in agreement with the authors of this bill that a new investigation
into the tragic events of September 11, 2001 is warranted,
representatives of the Scholars group note that the draft bill and article
lack basic scientific rigor and credibility, with statements such as,
"the entire WTC [complex] was destroyed by directed energy weaponry (DEW),"
and the ideas that "nuclear materials, missiles or DEW weapons were used."
The sister publication of the Scholars group,
The Journal of 9/11 Studies
(www.JournalOf911Studies.com), has numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles refuting such claims.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice believes that a much better bill can be crafted
using the strong analysis in articles by its members,
several of which are recently published in scientific journals,
including The Open Civil Engineering Journal, The Environmentalist,
and the Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

Kevin Ryan, a former Underwriters Laboratories (UL) manager
who was fired in 2004 for publicly questioning the NIST report,
and a committee member of the Scholars' group,
says the bill is harmful to the cause of exposing the truth.
"Basically," he said, "asking Congress to investigate many poorly defined,
and highly implausible hypotheses minimizes the chances that Congress would be willing or able
to investigate the actual evidence for the demolition of three WTC buildings."
In fact, the bill also omits any mention of the
9/11 Family Steering Committee,
which provided hundreds of questions left unanswered by the 9/11 Commission.

Scholars' member Dr. Steven E. Jones, a Professor of Physics,
also notes that statements attributed to him in the bill are
"errors . . . misrepresenting my published statements."
Dr. Jones goes on to say, "It is unacceptable to misrepresent my views,
as is done in this document by Ellis et al.,
and to ignore my published technical papers in established journals."

Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice is a non-partisan organization
of over 500 independent researchers analyzing the September 11, 2001 attacks
with a strong emphasis on the scientific method.